Comments by "K `" (@user-jt3dw6vv4x) on "The History of Asian Representation in Film" video.

  1. 1. "Asian" means "East Asian" in colloquial US English but that's definitely not how it's used elsewhere in the world. 2. India had a huge impact culturally on the rest of Asia. Hu Shih famously spoke about the cultural influence on China and most of South and Southeast Asia is part of the Indian Cultural Sphere. So I don't know why you think India is culturally detached from the rest of Asia when it's one of the main ancient cultural powers in the region alongside China. The root of the dominant East, South and Southeast Asian cultures traces back to India and China. 3. South Asian women (specifically Tamil and Ceylonese/Sri Lankan women) have been stereotyped as submissive throughout history. Saint Jack (1970s film) focused on the ethnic stereotypes that existed for Singaporean (Chinese, Malay and Tamil) women as well as other Asian women (specifically Ceylonese) during the era of R&R in Singapore at the time of the Vietnam War. There is a prominent scene in the film where the main character describes the different tastes Western men (German, British, American, Australian) have for Asian women and he said that the Germans came to Singapore for the Tamils and the Australians for the Chinese. Also, there was an old era Indian actress that used to be described as a dragon lady. Focus has often been placed on the stereotypes of East Asian women but these stereotypes also exist for other Asian women too. The thing is most South Asians outside of Asia are of North Indian origin and thus are not within this discussion due to their culture of not marrying non-Indians. So people mistakenly think that this has nothing to do with South Asians because they aren't aware of the stereotypes that have been placed on the women that originate from the southern parts of South Asia (who are culturally, ethnically and physically different to those from the north).
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  2. They do, this video was just speaking more specifically about East Asian women.
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  3.  @dasalekhya  Well to be fair, they don't have to either way. If you look at Chinese or Indian TV and billboards, you'll be able to see White men and women. I remember hearing that there's an English woman starring in Indian movies. In South Korea, variety shows have allowed Western singers who sing in English to perform but in 2019 they didn't allow for a Kpop-inspired girl group based in South Korea and composed of members who come from the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam to appear on their show because they sang songs in English and not Korean.
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